Orlando Tattoo - International Drive

Donny, he was very nice! Knew what he was doing for tattoos. My boyfriends tattoo turned out awesome, freehanded most of it. Very creative. He’s one you must recommend making an appointment with! Worth your time and money.🤙🏼💸

Angelica- I came down for a little staycation and ended up getting a tattoo . Glad I found this shop Joe did an amazing job . First tattoo as well and I was appreciative that he took his time in asking how I was feeling and explained everything precisely. Will definitely come back if I plan on getting another one , very light hand and loved how it turned out 💕

If you are reading this review, make no mistake as you have been warned - DO NOT get a tattoo here. I have zero earthly idea where the positive reviews have come from. My friend and I had an experience so awful that we actually left before even getting tattooed.

We came to Orlando Tattoo to get matching coordinate tattoos with a simple flower. That's it. We were told by Donny, our 'artist', that it would take about 45 minutes before he could start on ours. He profusely exclaimed how he was the best in town, that we wouldn't be disappointed, walked through his portfolio for 10 minutes, etc. We were a walk in, so a wait was absolutely expected. Over the next FOUR HOURS, we heard screaming between Donny and his female 'associate' on and off, where she would storm out of the building on several occasions. It was very obvious that she was under the influence. Donny also kept coming out to goof off with customers rather than work on the guests who were already in the process of receiving tattoos. He continually assured us it would be "20 more minutes", "40 more minutes," "15 more minutes". He did not where a mask during the mask mandate. During this four hours we sat in a dingy lobby - the floors were filthy and the one seating area was a loveseat with one of the two cushions broken to the point of caving into the floor. The lobby was wet and dirty. I walked to the back on two occasions to use the rest room. On the first trip, the female was eating and dropping food on the ground in the room where supplies were stored. On the second trip, I walked passed Donny and the female laying on the one of the tattoo bed making out - this was while Donny was supposedly working on our design.

I know this sounds ridiculous and overdramatic, but this was our literal experience.

Why we did not leave sooner, I have no clue. Maybe it was because we had spent four hours waiting on ridiculously simple tattoo and didn't want it to be for nothing. After FOUR HOURS, Donny finally emerges and shows us what he has worked on. An awful, shaky looking flower and coordinates in a traditional font rather than what we asked for. I asked him to make some changes, and during this time is when we realized he was strung out on something stronger than pot. Dozing off while drawing and shaking himself to become awake, and generally tweaking. Slow slurred speech, the whole nine high yards.

Long story long, we left without getting our tattoos, and barely received our deposit back. I personally had to call my bank to start the process because Donny didn't "know how" to refund the charge. He asked ME what the password might be to bypass the register system. Donny, your high was showing. He followed us out to our car, begging to continue to do our tattoo, making us very uncomfortable with how close and forceful the exchange was.

We would love a response, Donny. We remember when you told us how badly you needed the reviews, that you guys were "trying to be the best shop in Orlando." This experience happened on 11/9/2020.

Receptionist was very unprofessional, I mentioned to her that we (my 2 cousins & I) were coming in from Gainesville (2 hours away), we arrived at 6pm & was given a 30 minute wait time after providing her a call back number to reach us at after we paid and the artist was ready for us..she never called us back after 45 minutes. We returned and still had to wait an additional hour & 30 minutes, the receptionist then rudely tried to send us to another tattoo shop after waiting as long as we did prior, we didn’t get tattooed until after 9:15pm. We were tattooed by Cody, the tattoo was rushed he never once changed the ink pot between the 3 of us that we could see, which has led to ink missing from my tattoo as well as my cousins tattoo in different spots and we all received the same SMALL.. overpriced tattoo.

My friend and I went this shop and Donny, the man who helped and serviced us, was extremely helpful. He answered all our questions and explained clearly how to care for the tattoo. The work came out beautifully and I would definitely come back again.

I had an amazing experience getting my daughter nose pierced. It was my daughter's birthday and she was more than satisfied with her piercing. Donny was very nice, patient and precise!. I recommend these guys to everyone

I was tattooed by Joe and he was the sweetest! Was very professional and made the experience fun. It was my first tattoo and I definitely felt comfortable and relaxed. Also he did such an amazing job!!! I loved it!

It was a little bit pricey.....but we are from out of area. They did very well working with us on the price. But it was totally worth it. Our artist went by Smooth. And he was incredible. He has a very great talent with finesse. He was very friendly and made sure we were comfortable during our tattoo sessions. Definitely recommend him. Overall experience here was a really good one.

This is what I have to say about Donny at Orlando Tattoo. He is a true Professional and Phenomenal artist. He is an excellent people person and keeps you involved. His workmanship is second to none. He gives you ideas but wants your input. Donny' s not my tattoo artist he my friend. Nathan

This place was absolutely amazing. I came in with an idea of what I wanted and they worked with me to get exactly what I had in mind. I waited for maybe 10 minutes at max. I would recommend this place to anyone. They showed me the expectation dates on all of the needles still in packaging and made sure I was okay with everything they were doing. Smooth did my tattoo and he did a great job. Very satisfied.